Themes
A series of themes and collections to help you explore York's history.
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Post War York
The latter half of the twentieth cen...
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An Independent City
For most of the Norman period York,...
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Cars and Consumers
Like most cities in the Western worl...
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Georgian Architecture
York was fortunate to undergo a buil...
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Early Christian York
In 601, Pope Gregory decided to se...
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A Jewish History Audio Tour
This Trail is produced by IPUP, The...
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The Viking Kingdom
For the best part of a century large...
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The Railway Revolution
The railways saved York from stagnat...
Theme Items
A selection of items to explore.
- Joseph Aloysius Hansom
- The Greyfriars
- The Head Office of the North Eastern Railway
- Eric Bloodaxe
- The York Hoard
- Cardinal Wolsey, Archbishop
- Fairfax House
- Hair of a Roman Girl
- Jubbergate
- York Central Library
- The Mystery Plays
- Roman Chimney Pot
- Dick Turpin
- York's Airfield
- St Martin Le Grand Church
- King Edward I and York
- The Norman Minster